Girls 'abducted', returned unhurt

Two girl students of a Matunga school reportedly went missing for more than two hours on Wednesday before they were found in Hindu Colony in Dadar (east).

| TNN | Dec 20, 2012, 01.57 AM IST

MUMBAI: Two girl students of a Matunga school reportedly went missing for more than two hours on Wednesday before they were found in Hindu Colony in Dadar (east).

Mani Pandram, a common friend of the girls' fathers, said the kids were kidnapped from near the school gate around 1.30pm. They were ferried around in a white Maruti car before the abductors left them unhurt in Dadar around 4pm.

Additional commissioner of police (central region) Praveen Salunke, however, said called it "false kidnap information. We verified with the parents and they did not want to lodge a complaint."

According to Pandram, the girls (both aged 12 and students of Class VI) told their parents that two unidentified men approached them outside the school, claiming that their parents were waiting in the car. "The girls realized that the vehicle was not going towards their neighbourhood of Dharavi. One abductor started shouting at the girls and checked whether their ornaments were made of gold. The two kidnappers finally dropped the girls unhurt at Dadar Hindu Colony on noticing police bandobast," said Pandram.

The two girls managed to find a public telephone and called their parents. "I went to the police station to lodge a complaint, but officer told me that they have seen several cases where students fake their abduction," claimed Pandram.

Deputy commissioner of police (Zone IV) Dattatray Karale dismissed Pandram's claims. "The person came to Matunga police station around 5pm. He left the police station on receiving calls from the girls' parents; they did not want to file a case," said Shintre.

The principal of the girls' school said: "It was not kidnap. One girl was seated in the car; she asked the other to get into the vehicle. At that time, their parents were waiting at the gate. I have to check out how they managed to leave without being spotted by the parents," said the principal.

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